Nityanand
Shastri
Nityanand Shastri was
not only just an
academician, he was equally active
in the social and cultural fields.
While being the president of
Sanskrit Sahitya Parishad, a
Sanskrit literary organisation he
founded in 1930, he also
established a charitable trust
named Vanita Ashram to help widows
and destitutes.

Pandit
Govind Kaul
A
profound Kashmiri scholar of the
late 19th century. Pandit Govind
Kaul, who rendered most valuable
assistance to Aurel Stein in
translating Rajatarangini, is
today almost a forgotten man.
There are hardly a handful of
Kashmiri Pandits who may be aware
of his great erudition and the
range of his scholarly pursuits.

Pandit
Mukund Ram Shastri
From
archaeology and paleography to
Kashmir history to Kashmir
Shaivism to grammar and literature
Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Mukund Ram
Shastri strode like a
colossus in almost every field of
Kashmir studies at the turn of the
19th century and in the early
years of the twentieth.

Pandit
Sahaz Bhat
The
legendary Unani hakim of Kashmir,
Pandit Sahaz Bhat, was a profound
scholar also. His miracle cures
remain etched on public memory and
have given to Kashmiri parlance a
proverb commonly used even now.

Pandit
Prem Nath Shastri
Pandit
Prem Nath Shastri’s role during
his life time did not remain
confined to just carrying ahead a
family tradition but in
institutionalising it in such a
way that its relevance in the
social life of Kashmiri Pandits
only increased with each day.